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Creative solutions for controlling the little fire ant

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Lissa Strohecker Leave a Comment

Check out the video below to see Dr. Cas Vanderwoude and the “Spackler of Death,” a creative solution to solve the problem of getting ant bait into trees to control the little fire ant or Wasmannia auropunctata. Learn more about the little fire in Hawai‘i and the Pacific at lfa-hawaii.org and littlefireants.com.

Filed Under: In the field, Invasive Animals, MISC Target Species Tagged With: lfa, little fire ant, new science for controlling pest ants, wasmannia auropunctata

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